Charles W DeWitt

Military

Crashed on takeoff on a bomber escort mission on 22 Mar 1944 in P-47D 42-8530. RTD.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-26353

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Lady Katherine
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
A P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-26387) nicknamed "Miss Behave", formerly of the 78th Fighter Group, in California 1969. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1969, Ontario Calif.

42-26387

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Miss Behave
  • Unit: 368th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 395th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron

42-27605

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

42-76557

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Judy
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

42-8530

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Jeanie - V.O.S.
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron

Missions

Revisions

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Peter Randall at http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces